Archive for May, 2009
>Math Facts Websites
May 26th, 2009 | 
Author: >I have assembled a list of websites that offer games to practice math facts. I posted these sites on my wiki. The link is Math Facts Websites I you have any recommended additions please add a comment to this blog posting with the name and website address.
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>Create a Booklet
>I came across this site recently. It is called Booklet Creator and can be found at http://bookletcreator.com/
Booklet creator will take any PDF document that you upload to it and convert it to a multipage booklet. You can select the number of pages and size.
This could be a great resource for teachers and PTA’s that want to take documents and turn them into booklets for parents.
You can convert documents to PDF format by using adobe acrobat. If you do not have acrobat you can use PRIMO PDF. It is free. http://primopdf.com
>Interactive Whiteboard Sites for Music
>Thirty Eight Interesting Ways To Use Your Interactive Whiteboard
>Here is a presentation that lists 38 interesting ways to use your interactive whiteboard.
>Interactive Benjamin Franklin Timeline
>The Benjamin Franklin Timeline is an interactive exhibit developed for the Benjamin Franklin traveling library exhibit. The interactive timeline contains images, text, animation and interactive exhibits. This is a good resource for an interactive white board. http://www.benfranklin300.org/timeline/index.html
You can also check out the main site www.benfranklin300.org. Here you can view an online exhibit developed to celebrate Ben’s life and accomplishments.
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>New Google Search Options – Timeline, Map and Info
>Google has introduced some new experimental search features. See results on a timeline, map, or in context of other information types. With these views, Google’s technology extracts key dates, locations, measurements, and more from select search results so you can view the information in a different dimension.
Timeline and map views work best for searches related to people, companies, events and places. Info view shows all the data found for each result, to help you select the best choice.
You can access these features by visiting the experimental search page in Google Labs and turning on the feature.
You also can add the following terms to your searches to utilize the features.
Timeline:
In the search bar type: Thomas Jefferson view:timeline
The results will display in timeline view.
Info View:
In the search bar type: space exploration view:info
You will have the opportunity to switch the search results by: Dates, Measurements, Locations and Images.
Map View:
In the search bar type: olympics view:map
The results will appear in map view.
Google has also released a news timeliner: http://newstimeline.googlelabs.com/. It allows users to view news and other data sources on a browsable, graphical timeline. Available data sources include recent and historical news, scanned newspapers and magazines, blog posts, sports scores and information about various types of media (i.e. music albums and movies).
To dive into the Google News Timeline experience, simply enter your topic of choice, pick out the relevant source and specify the date. The result is an interactive news timeline based on your personal interests. By the way, you can set the time scale to days, weeks, months, years, or even decades!
>Interactive Whiteboard Resources
>As promised I will be providing everyone with interactive white board resources. I have organized a number of resources on my wiki . There you will find resources and training materials for all grade levels.
In this posting I would like to highlight one resource in particular. It can be found here http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/15.cfm?s=15.
This site contains a listing of interactive sites organized by grade level and subject. They can be used on both a smart and intelliboard interactive board.
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